Backplane configurations for 24 drives

This section contains backplane configuration information to support 24 drives.

The following illustrations show the supported backplane configurations to support 24 drives.

• This configuration consists of two 4x2.5-inch drive backplanes and two 8x1.8-inch drive backplanes and requires six SAS signal cables.
  
  
• This configuration consists of one 8x2.5-inch drive backplane and two 8x1.8-inch drive backplanes and requires six SAS signal cables.
  
  
• This configuration consists of three 8x1.8-inch drive backplanes and requires six SAS signal cables.